Rumination on misogyny.

[malthaussen]

37. Consider, then, rather than "consent," "intent."

Let's agree communication is fraught, and that A is just as much an authority on what he heard as B is on what he heard. It still remains that A or B may be mistaken in what he heard. In matters of "what did you mean by that," the person who makes the statement is the best judge of what he intended to say.

I see another problem has arisen here, so let me clarify that I am not equating miscommunication with misogyny. What I'm addressing here is who has the better claim to define if misogyny has occurred, the one making the assertion, or someone in the listening audience.

As for the bad sex = misogyny thing, seems like a reach to me. I'll have to conclude that "the man says she loved it" was an unfelicitous turn of phrase, here.

-- Mal